We eat WEIRD THINGS...its okay, I'm Asian

[alarimer]

94. I always wonder why people started eating the things they do.

I look at an oyster, for instance, and wonder who one earth decided there was even anything TO eat inside this rock-looking thing? To say nothing of the slimy contents once they opened it. I love oysters, but I still wonder who was the first human to try it.

Or lobster, shrimp, or any number of sea creatures that don't even look like they should be edible. I guess humans learned by watching animals first. If it didn't kill the birds to eat it, I must be able to eat it too.

And most especially any sort of fermented or preserved fish. Like lutefisk. Fish preserved in lye, which is very caustic and turns it into a sort of fish jello. But I guess in Norway at one time there were few options for preservation. Still, I have to wonder who was the first to eat it and decide it was good, or at least that it wouldn't kill you.